| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
vi, 255 p. |
| Series |
Contemporary Black history |
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Contemporary Black history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: community organizing, grassroots politics, and neighborhood rebels : local struggles for Black power in America / Peniel E. Joseph -- Malcolm X's Harlem and early Black power activism / Peniel E. Joseph -- "Get up off of your knees!" : competing visions of Black empowerment in Milwaukee during the early civil rights era / Patrick D. Jones -- Black power on the ground : continuity and rupture in St. Louis / Clarence Lang -- A campus where Black power won : Merritt College and the hidden history of Oakland's Black Panther Party / Donna Murch -- "'W-A-L-K-O-U-T!" : high school students and the development of Black power in L.A. / Jeanne Theoharis -- "'We were going to fight fire with fire" : Black power in the South / Simon Wendt -- Empowerment, consciousness, defense : the diverse meanings of the Black power movement in Louisville, Kentucky / Tracy E. K'Meyer -- The Black arts movement in Atlanta / James Smethurst -- Militant Katrina : looking back at Black power / Kent B. Germany -- The pursuit of audacious power : rebel reformers and neighborhood politics in Baltimore, 1966-1968 / Rhonda Y. Williams. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Black power -- United States -- History.
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African American political activists -- History.
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Political participation -- United States -- History.
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Community power -- United States -- History.
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Neighborhoods -- United States -- History.
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City and town life -- United States -- History.
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African Americans -- Politics and government.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History.
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United States -- Race relations.
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United States -- History, Local.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Joseph, Peniel E.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780230620766 |
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0230620760 |
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0230620779 (pbk.) |
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9780230620773 (pbk.) |
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